Eric Molina

That debut loss to Ashanti Jordan is one of just three losses Molina has suffered in his professional career as he has gone on to hold the WBC Latino cruiserweight and former WBC USNBC heavyweight champion.

Molina is also the reigning IBF Intercontinental heavyweight champion.

A left hook of his own from Wilder floored Molina at the end of the fourth round. He got up, but was again on the canvas in the fifth and just about managed to beat the count before being knocked down again moments later.

Molina somehow survived until the ninth round before Wilder finished him off with a big right.

It was an encouraging performance from Molina despite spending much of the fight on the back foot and showed the 34-year-old does at least have a good level of endurance in him.

In his last five fights, Molina has gone 36 rounds of a possible 44 rounds which is in stark contrast to his form earlier in his career when he would rampage through fighters and claim early round knockouts.

Perhaps an indication of the quality of opponents he has faced as he has progressed, but in theory Joshua should be facing a 34-year-old able to go the distance.

So it’s not Klitschko, but it should still be pretty entertaining especially with Joshua gunning for a 18th straight knockout.